Posted on 02/07/2019 1:53:30 PM PST by LibWhacker
Research has suggested that modern music really isn’t as good as the old classics.
A study has found that golden oldies stick in millennials’ minds far more than the relatively bland, homogenous pop of today.
A golden age of popular music lasted from the 1960s to the 1990s, academics claimed.
Songs from this era proved to be much more memorable than tunes released in the 21st century.
Music from the vinyl era is still very popular among young people Scientists tested a group of millennials on their ability to recognise hit records from different decades.
The 643 participants, typically aged 18 to 25, maintained a steady memory of top tunes that came out between 1960 and 1999. In contrast, their memory of 21st-century songs from 2000 to 2015 – while higher overall – diminished rapidly over time.
Absolutely. Both of those albums are good stuff.
Well, yeah. We had the best music, ever.
When you say nothing at all... A truly great talent, very tragic, too.
Strawberry Alarm Clock... vaguely remember that name. Bet if I heard them, I’d remember them; all I did in those days was listen to music.
Yes, indeed!
Incense and Peppermint ...
Well, we’ve gone from creative geniuses that can truly sing, write their own harmony & melody, play instruments, etc... to “professional song writing teams” manufacturing songs and having “talent” repeat it.
At least some actually still sing....then there’s rap.
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rw1_FNdy-Y
WIKI: Band members Mark Weitz and Ed King were both denied songwriting credits by producer Frank Slay, despite the fact that the song was, at least partially, built on an instrumental idea by Weitz and King.
Ed King would go on to greater fame as a member of the 1970s Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
“...because I was beginning to feel like an old fuddyduddy...”
You and me both but I prefer to be called a curmudgeon.
Just listened to “Operator”. Love it.
Go to tela dot sugarmegs dot org and download all the concerts from artists back in the day. Some of it is pristine soundboard, others for historical reference only. There are a couple of very nice Glen Campbell shows that I downloaded...one at the BCC theater a few years back is very sweet.
Its all there, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The WHo, Pink Floyd..Even AUM! Van Morrison singing at the Fillmore...and all the Jefferson Airplane you can eat...and so much more! Enjoy!
If you like Lynyrd Skynyrd click the second link at post 50.
When I was in college (seminary) I went to my very first concert. The Four Seasons at the IBM Country Club in Endicott, NY. I was waiting for the ceiling to fall in on me since we were forbidden to listen to rock. (Ceiling was fine when I left.)
Depends on what they're selling and who their selling it to.
Every time I turn on the TV there's that Cadillac commercial with the 2014 "Bang Bang" song.
There are no bands, musicians, or songwriters today; just insipid little millennials singing insipid little songs that all sound exactly alike.
A lot of the stuff nowadays is written by middle-aged Swedish men.
Maybe it always was.
“I also dig Gregorian Chant.”
Our high school advanced choir did a couple of Gregorian Chants at each concert. They were a ton of fun to sing.
I thought the same until discovering Adele in "Someone Like You"... (While looking for an eponymous song by Linda Ronstadt).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0
Here’s their YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/RivalSons/videos
Recommend Pressure and Time and Open My Eyes. Also Electric Man here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRfRIXg2spo
And torture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Tr74Jbw34
I agree. When Marsalis lend his talent to classical Jazz pieces, his natural talent shines.
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